Matt Trott talks to Retirement Planner about how the annuity market will develop over the coming years and how the Age 75 rule will affect it

Mary Stewart looks at how scheme pension should also be considered as a retirement income option alongside capped and flexible drawdown

Matthew Stephens weighs up how ISAs and pensions can complement each other in a retirement planning strategy

Simon Chalk discusses the impact the recent ECJ ruling on pricing according to gender could have on the equity release market

Interest in ethical investments and Islamic finance products has soared in recent years, but the implications for independent financial advisers are far from straightforward - Maryrose Fison investigates

INVESTMENT TRUSTS

The Far East continues to proffer profitable fascination for fund managers as Mike Kerley, Portfolio Manager of Henderson's Far East Income fund confirms.

Guernsey companies have received the go-ahead for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), giving the finance centre the competitive advantage it needs for doing business in the region.

Having correctly predicted a banking crisis on the scale of Lehman Brothers, Jon Moulton's (Chairman, Better Capital Fund) foresight on the industry's long road to recovery is fully justified in being heard. This is what he said in February 2008.

WHY EQUITIES ARE NOT A GOOD HEDGE